| Lover of America's national pastime have seen a | | | | another local network. |
| revolution in coverage over the past decade. Far | | | | 3. Fox Saturday Afternoon Games. The jury for |
| removed from the quaint past of untelevised | | | | many fans may still be out on Tim McCarver, but |
| games and limited analysis, today's viewer has no | | | | the Fox commentator has seemed to clean up his |
| excuse to miss a game unless he or she so | | | | act a bit in the last several years. Less |
| desires. With 6-7 months elapsing over the | | | | concerned about pseudo-intellectual analysis of the |
| course of a season, these days will come. | | | | game than about speaking from experience, |
| However, if you know there are few times you | | | | McCarver does have a lot to offer fans. The |
| will care to miss your favorite team in action, | | | | Fox Saturday games also features Ken Rosenthal, |
| here is how to get the most out of satellite TV | | | | the diminutive reporter who seems to know |
| during baseball season. | | | | everything that is happening in baseball at all times. |
| 1. Baseball Tonight on ESPN. The daily digest of | | | | 4. MLB Network. When fans heard about the |
| baseball may have lost a valuable reporter in | | | | creation of an MLB HD network, most thought |
| Peter Gammons (who transferred to MLB | | | | ‘Why did it take so long?' Truly, no sport |
| Network), but there is still no better roundup on | | | | needs more constant attention than the Grand |
| any satellite TV network. ESPN is the undisputed | | | | Old Game, and MLB management has created a |
| leader in sports coverage, and one viewing of this | | | | network worthy of its subject. No other channel |
| program will remind you why. Karl Ravech is the | | | | in existence can leap over broadcasting |
| regular host of the most entertaining and | | | | restrictions and show live footage from games |
| stat-filled baseball show on television. Every pro | | | | being played around the country. If you haven't |
| player checks in on this show to see if their great | | | | seen what the MLB Network is up to, don't let a |
| catch made the ‘Web Gems.' | | | | week of the season go by without checking in. |
| 2. MLB Extra Innings. When it became clear | | | | 5. ESPN Sunday Night Games. A week of |
| several years back that baseball fans wanted to | | | | baseball can be draining, but everything comes to |
| see every game, licensing and broadcasting rights | | | | a halt on Sunday nights. There is only one game |
| had to be shifted, transferred and shared across | | | | on the air, and viewers know Jon Miller and Joe |
| the board. Does the baseball fan care? Of | | | | Morgan will be calling the action on ESPN in glorious |
| course not, but the final product made everyone | | | | high definition. Sunday nights in the summer |
| happy. Anyone with a MLB Extra Innings | | | | always seem sweet and mellow with these |
| package won't have a problem seeing every | | | | broadcasts – except when the Yankees are |
| game of the season. If it isn't here, it's on | | | | playing the Red Sox. |